Airline Guitars

Airline Guitars were a brand of electric and acoustic guitars made in the US from 1958-1968 by the Valco Manufacturing Company,
and sold through Montgomery Ward. (The Valco company is known for its flagship National and budget Supro guitar brands, which were
in production up until the companies' demise in 1968.) Today, old Valco guitars are played by a wide array of bands and artists
including David Bowie, The Cure, PJ Harvey, and Calexico, yet they are most popularly associated with Jack White of The White Stripes.
Due to their re-emerging popularity in contemporary rock music, and their relative scarcity in the guitar-sale market, original
Res-O-Glas guitars (models made with fiberglass bodies) in excellent condition are known to sell for as much as $2,000.00 - $3,000.00.

In the world of guitar collecting, the angular red Airline model associated with Jack White is commonly referred to as the
JB Hutto model, after the bluesman and slide guitar artist J. B. Hutto. Hutto was the first most visible musician to regularly use
the guitar in live performances and recordings.

In the early to mid 2000's, the Eastwood guitar company acquired the rights to use the Airline brand-name; however, the Eastwood
guitar company has never been directly affiliated with the long-defunct Valco company. Original Valco Airline guitars were all made
in the US, whereas today's Eastwood Airline guitars are made in factories based in South Korea or China.

Note: The listings below do not reflect individual items, but each one indicates a range of items. So many different guitars and
amps were produced under the Airline name that it is difficult to distinguish all of them, let alone comprehensively catalog them.
Each listing will give an average price for items falling under the appropriate description.